• Optimise sales and long-term profitability, decide on gross margin and profit budgets, as well as drive our ambition of being first choice for home furnishings, including ecommerce.
• Work with the other functions within the Country Commercial Team to develop long-term strategies, engage partners, execute tactical plans, establish clear goals, and translate ideas into realities that are in line with our business plan and commercial priorities.
• Know our global priorities, our range, life at home, and competition to meet the needs of our customers at home.
• Analyse the qualitative performance of our market, and ensure the Service Office Selling team in Philippines leads and supports their matrix in existing and new IKEA stores; with a solid understanding of retail basics, easy buying process, and having a complete customer offer.
• Work with the Store Sales Managers to help them make improvements to their customers’ shopping experience, and working with them to develop their commercial skills.

As a Customer Support Advisor - German Language you will be reporting to the Customer Support Team Manager you will be part of the Customer Service Department.

Are you looking for a great opportunity to develop your skills? Are you a flexible, driven and solution oriented person with an open mindset? Are you a real people’s person with amazing customer service skills?
Seize the opportunity and find out more about us!
We’re looking for real team players to be a part of Entain and provide professional support to our customers.

What you will do

• Handling customer inquiries via chat/e-mail/phone; including but not limited to product related (Sports, Casino, Poker) as well as cashier related matters
• Assessing individual issues and taking appropriate action to ensure customer needs are met
• Working in coordination with other teams based at different locations that share similar objectives
• Escalating system anomalies and general issues faced by customers to the relevant party
• Understanding Standard Operating Procedures and delivering service / quality standards to agreed level

In this role, you are expected to:

• Provide implementation and project management support to Visa client institutions, processors and third-party platforms in the AP region to ensure customer expectations are successfully met.

• Coordinate directly with clients to understand product set up requirements and facilitate product configurations, conversions and maintenance requests without negative client impact.

• As a subject matter expert, acquire and maintain a good understanding of supported solutions to train and consult customers and internal stakeholders on optimum delivery and adoption of our products.

• Be the voice of the customer - Represent clients’ feedback, enhancement requests, system or operational requirements as well as negotiate and manage expectations internally and externally.

• Prepare and maintain detailed project scope documents, project plans, status reports, and issue logs across client communications and other channels including Microsoft Dynamics, Teams, and SharePoint.

• Be client-centric, build and enhance positive working relationships with key Visa client institutions and technology partners.

• Responsible for own workflow assignments and must be able to take the initiative to resolve problems and meet deadlines with moderate supervision.

• Stay current with industry and client trends and maintain a strong knowledge of Visa products and services.

• While the role is based in Pasay, Manila, you will deliver services to clients across the Asia Pacific region.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

What an Implementation Specialist does at Visa:

The Implementation Specialist (IS) is responsible for providing excellent technical project support. Project support is defined by a Statement of Work (SOW), which would be pre-agreed between Cybersource CS Management and the Customer. 

In this role, you are expected to:

• Provide Implementation project support to Cybersource’s key customer base, including troubleshooting and resolution, through phone calls, emails and face-to-face meetings
• Liaise with clients, representing Cybersource’s products and services from both a technical and software integration perspective
• Manage technical project communications with client’s technical team, project team, customer services team and senior executives
• Proactively resolve business & technical problems encountered during projects
• Work collaboratively with the designated project team to ensure excellent customer service is offered consistently
• Work with Sales team to identify new strategic opportunities within existing relationships, either due to white space or new product/service offerings
• Act as the Cybersource lead in customer projects, effectively and efficiently deliver SOW agreed outcomes
• Work with clients to achieve an understanding of their core business and vertical and where Cybersource can add value
• Project-manage customer engagements involving internal development teams or third party developers
• Maintain expert knowledge of Cybersource products and services through training and self-study
• Create and own project documentation including SOW and Solution Designs
• Feed implementation and product knowledge and requirements to internal teams
• Manage critical path escalations with a focus on the relationship management and merchant expectations

Why this is important to Visa

The Implementation Specialists are experts in our connection methods, our Products and Services, and our on-boarding processes. They are experienced project managers and are comfortable managing technical and business relationships. The role would facilitate short-term client engagements to generate Visa revenue while assisting Cybersource clients in their project delivery. The IS will work with internal and external project teams, technical and business contacts to achieve the project goals and will provide expert implementation support, payments consulting, and project management, understanding all points along the Service Lifecycle.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

About the job
Reporting to the Customer Relations Team Leader, this Associate role ensures a positive and joyful shopping experience for all IKEA visitors and customers.

Your Assignment

• You ensure that customers have a memorable shopping experience in the store for a win win situation and for repeat business;
• You handle and resolve customer difficulties, particularly in IKEA products assembly, and also exchange components parts when they are needed, to offer solutions to frequently asked questions;
• You develop strong knowledge of all items to effectively handle enquires of customers positively and quickly, and resolve any issues they raise within level of authorization;
• You will be responsible to escalate higher issues with relevant information to a manager for him to be able to deal effectively with the customers;
• You will ensure the IKEA store is a safe and secure environment at all times for visitors and colleagues;
• You understand the IKEA Concept, global solutions, tools and working methods and ensure that you use the appropriate manuals from Inter IKEA Systems to help optimise our customers’ shopping experience.

Provide internal communications support for Client Care, working with Communications Consultant and senior management to develop and implement an internal communication strategy.
Provide support for Manila site communications as needed.
Manage the Client Care SharePoint site and Viva Engage - sourcing content, developing compelling stories and incorporating the corporate and People Experience (PX) messaging throughout.
Assist in organizing and provide support for key meetings and employee events, such as employee and management town hall meetings including developing presentations, notifying participants, coordinating logistics and scheduling guest speakers.
Develop editorial content -- written, audio and visual for posting on internal communications platforms.
Manage special projects independently and across the Client Care organization.
Develop, implement and manage other internal communication programs as needed.
Performs other related duties as assigned
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

• Support the functionality of Genesys WFM software (forecasting, scheduling, and maintenance)
• Analyze contact center performance data and provide recommendations to balance performance and support effective decision making
• Forecast long term and short term contact volume and staffing
• Maintain data points that promote accurate forecasting and understand drivers that produce anomalies
• Provide schedule recommendations for new hire training classes and optimized off-phone activities
• Establish and maintain relationships with a broad base of stakeholders (i.e. Command Center, Leadership, Executives, etc.)
• Lead meetings with Operations Teams to align and review performance and planning
• Review requirements for new tools
• Work with other WFM team members to balance workload and ensure deliverables are met
• Ad-hoc WFM duties as assigned

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

About the job

Reporting to the Goods Flow Team Manager, this ASSOCIATE role is responsible for providing assistance in the completion of the Logistics process in the easiest and safest way possible. He/She develops and uses his/her knowledge and experience of IKEA operations, including IKEA machinery and equipment, as well as the expertise of his/her co-workers within the team to achieve the highest level of availability of products in the store.

Your assignment

• You perform effectively the Goods Flow operation tasks in your assigned area, using the available IKEA systems and equipment to achieve an efficient goods flow process and data integrity, in order to maximize stock accuracy and ensure the highest product availability for customers;
• You contribute to an optimized daily goods flow operation within the assigned goods flow processes by working in a lean, simple, and cost-conscious way;
• You contribute to the agreed goals of the Goods Flow Team, as well as being involved in the goal-setting process of your team;
• You comply with IKEA health, safety, and security guidelines, rules and regulations, and support colleagues in preventing untoward health, safety, and/or security-related incidents in the store.

As a People Operations Process & Knowledge Specialist you will be responsible for an efficient, high-quality, customer centric People Services and Operations function. The team ensures global & local support of our People throughout their employment journey from onboarding to exit.

The People Operations Process & Knowledge Specialist (PKS) reports directly to the People Operations Support Partner. The main responsibility of the PKS is to support the overall operational excellence of the People Services & Operations (PS&O) team by analyzing operations processes, identifying & coordinating opportunities for improvement, tracking initiatives, representing the team in cross functional global meetings and projects, performing and coordinating system activities such as requirements gathering and end user testing, managing operational reports, and/or overseeing project operations. This role will have high focus on process design and end to end knowledge content life cycle.

The PKS will serve as a Continuous Improvement Champion to our supported Global Helpdesk, Operations, and Payroll Teams.

What you will do

• Lead Process Design activities from the discovery of current process and workflows, transform product requirements & business processes to align with system design delivery, up to rollout facilitation of “to-be” process based on change roadmap.
• Oversee the full Knowledge Management lifecycle: from Creation, Review, Publication, Amendment, to Retirement of contents on the employee HR Portal following the set Content Management Governance.
• Collaborate with the whole PS&O Team to ensure that we deliver high quality Knowledge Contents that are relevant, up to date, simple, and promotes Self Service and reduce dependency on helpdesk support.
• Analyze usage and effectiveness of knowledge content, providing insights and recommendations for improvement. 
• Review (evaluate and prioritize), coordinate, and monitor Operations-led CI initiatives.
• Conduct CI Events such as Kaizen, Tools, and Methodologies workshops introducing CI to Operations to help improve internal CI management and influence an improvement mindset.

Position Summary

Global Client Services works with issuers, acquirers, processors and merchants worldwide to develop and deliver the support model for Visa Inc. This includes day-to-day operations and product support, back office support and customer performance reporting.

Job Scope

This is a mid-level professional role with progressive responsibility as experience grows.  This role serves as a functional/technical specialist, working independently with guidance only in complex and unconventional situations.

Responsibilities

• Manage activities, requests for support and information, and operational issues for Visa’s Global clients and processors in a 24x7 support model using shared services best practices to align with client and internal expectations. 
• Manage client inquiries using case management tool, live chat and voice support service.
• Coordinate input from clients and internal organizations as needed.  Perform work with a high degree of excellence, maintaining established service level objectives for completion.
• Manage an efficient and timely process, ensuring proper documentation for audit purposes.
• Identify key process improvement and client training/retraining opportunities based on inquiry trends and any operational pain-points
• Identify opportunities to improve forms, processes, and hand-offs to expedite and improve service delivery
• Deliver timely and accurate monthly reports to global and regional stakeholders, identifying and speaking to any variances and trends.
• Manage documentation in SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics, and other data repositories.
• Build and enhance positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Must be able to take the initiative to resolve problems and meet deadlines for assigned work, coordinating and collaborating with internal Visa resources to ensure delivery on commitments.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

About the Job

To enable an easy buying experience for all customers throughout the complete payment process. This includes in particular: 

• ensuring our check-out service is fast and efficient for our customers, and cost-effective for the IKEA store;
• ensuring payments are handled in a reliable, efficient, accurate, and friendly way.

Your assignment

• You follow cash handling procedures to ensure the security of money handling;
• You ensure check-out is effectively equipped at all times throughout the day and you are ready and available to help customers when needed;
• You have knowledge, confidence, and desire to make customer payment easy;
• You will ensure the IKEA store is a safe and secure environment at all times for visitors and colleagues;
• You optimize the relationship with customers when they pay for products, in order to drive increased customer satisfaction, creating the desire for them to return and shop with us over time;
• You work together with other functions to improve the shopping experience of customers in order to generate more sales.

About the job

Reporting to the Goods Flow Team Manager, this ASSOCIATE role is responsible for providing assistance in the completion of the Logistics process in the easiest and safest way possible. He/She develops and uses his/her knowledge and experience of IKEA operations, including IKEA machinery and equipment, as well as the expertise of his/her co-workers within the team to achieve the highest level of availability of products in the store.

Your assignment

• You perform effectively the Goods Flow operation tasks in your assigned area, using the available IKEA systems and equipment to achieve an efficient goods flow process and data integrity, in order to maximize stock accuracy and ensure the highest product availability for customers;
• You contribute to an optimized daily goods flow operation within the assigned goods flow processes by working in a lean, simple, and cost-conscious way;
• You contribute to the agreed goals of the Goods Flow Team, as well as being involved in the goal-setting process of your team;
• You comply with IKEA health, safety, and security guidelines, rules and regulations, and support colleagues in preventing untoward health, safety, and/or security-related incidents in the store.

About the job

Reporting to the Goods Flow Team Manager, this ASSOCIATE role is responsible for providing assistance in the completion of the Logistics process in the easiest and safest way possible. He/She develops and uses his/her knowledge and experience of IKEA operations, including IKEA machinery and equipment, as well as the expertise of his/her co-workers within the team to achieve the highest level of availability of products in the store.

Your assignment

• You perform effectively the Goods Flow operation tasks in your assigned area, using the available IKEA systems and equipment to achieve an efficient goods flow process and data integrity, in order to maximize stock accuracy and ensure the highest product availability for customers;
• You contribute to an optimized daily goods flow operation within the assigned goods flow processes by working in a lean, simple, and cost-conscious way;
• You contribute to the agreed goals of the Goods Flow Team, as well as being involved in the goal-setting process of your team;
• You comply with IKEA health, safety, and security guidelines, rules and regulations, and support colleagues in preventing untoward health, safety, and/or security-related incidents in the store.

The successful candidate will join Visa’s Global Privacy Office as an Associate in the Global Privacy Strategy and Operations team. In this role, you will be interacting with Visa consumers as well as internal stakeholders, helping them to understand how Visa’s Global Privacy Office can support them to understand how Visa uses personal information

• Using Visa’s online Consumer Rights Portal, effectively and efficiently, plan and prioritize Data Subject Access cases to ensure that statutory deadlines are met.
• Correspond Engage with Visa consumers to better understand their requests ensuring that they get the resolution they are looking for.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, working with Visa business teams to ensure that Consumer requests actioned efficiently and appropriately.
• Work with Visa’s Digital Rights Management team to ensure that Subject Access requests are moved to Visa Business Technicians for fulfilment.
•  Work with key business stakeholders to help them understand the privacy program, directing them to subject matter experts where appropriate.
• Navigating Visa’s network of Data Protection Officers, escalate complex queries and complaints from Visa consumers.
•  Identify opportunities to improve operational process efficiencies and help to operationalize the improvements.
• Working with business analysists, support the Global Privacy Office metrics program by helping to produce and maintain accurate Data Subject Access request data.

The Subject Access process is global, and requests are received in a multitude of languages. The role will require that requests are translated so that they can be understood and actioned effectively. Tools will be provided to assist with this.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

About the job:

Reporting to the Shopkeeper, this Team Leader’s role's main responsibilities are to ensure satisfied customers, develop and execute sales steering and selling the IKEA way. You must implement an enjoyable, convenient and successful shopping and buying experience that leads to increased sales and sustained long-term profitability.

About the job

Reporting to the Shopkeeper, this Associate role's main responsibility is to ensure an enjoyable, convenient and successful shopping and buying experience that leads to increased sales and sustained long-term profitability. He/she also ensures satisfied customers, develop and execute sales steering and selling the IKEA way.

Your assignment

• You actively approach customers who you see require additional help. You identify their needs by asking the right questions and advise them on the best solutions for their homes in order to exceed their expectations;
• You ensure the shop is in excellent shape as new and fully and efficiently stocked with the four merchandising basics in place at all times and that the IKEA product range is presented in ways that inspire and satisfy customers;
• You understand how to use the different IKEA sales and communication channels and know-how for the different customers you meet;
• You keep your area of responsibility clean, tidy, priced and fully stocked, and ensure that the IKEA basic merchandising standards are in place at all times to give customers a positive shopping experience;
• You convey passion about IKEA products and actively learn about their features and benefits, and you share this knowledge with customers and colleagues.

About the job

Reporting to the Kitchen Production Manager, this TEAM LEADER role is crucial in enhancing the customer experience by managing all kitchen operations effectively. This role ensures that every meal served meets IKEA's standards of quality and customer satisfaction. Leadership in this position will motivate the team to exceed expectations and create memorable experiences for every customer. In the absence of the Kitchen Production Manager, this IKEA Food Team Leader is expected to also work and report to the Commercial Restaurant Manager or the Commercial SFM & Bistro Manager.

Your assignment

• Engage with customers regularly to gather feedback on their dining experiences, using this information to refine and improve kitchen operations.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the store’s business goals and IKEA Food service objectives and develop strategies to enhance kitchen efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop and manage manpower schedules, ensuring efficient timekeeping and optimal staff utilization. 
• Supervise staff to ensure correct portion sizing, presentation, cleanliness during service, and adherence to IKEA’s service standards, including greeting, smiling, and thanking customers.
• Create and execute commercial plans for new product launches, including menu planning and marketing initiatives.
• Organize and conduct training sessions for staff on new launches, reinforcing IKEA’s service standards to ensure proficiency and exemplary customer interaction.
• Prepare essential documentation such as product preparation and food allergen information charts to ensure compliance and enhance customer service.
• Manage the ordering of food and non-food items, maintaining optimal stock levels and securing stocks for service through diligent monthly par level preparations.
• Monitor and ensure strict quality control over food preparation and presentation, while managing kitchen costs to align with budgetary constraints without compromising quality.
• Oversee relationships with service providers, such as the uniform laundry service and repairs and maintenance service providers, to ensure services are delivered cost-efficiently and that billing is conducted on time.

About the job

Reporting to the SFM & Bistro Manager, this Associate role is responsible for attracting visitors to the stores by encouraging IKEA store visitors to stay longer and enjoy more. He/She strives towards making people smile and build trust for the IKEA store among customers, co-workers, and suppliers. He/She also provides irresistible food offers in a welcoming atmosphere that gives our customers a good reason to return.

Your assignment

• You ensure that our customers are always in focus and strive to make them smile by supporting them with an attitude based on the IKEA values;
• You are a good ambassador for the IKEA store in all contact with our customers and gives them a good reason to return again and again;
• You are passionate about our products and actively learn about their content, origins, and other benefits and you are willing to share this knowledge with your customers and colleagues;
• You ensure that you work to optimize sales by knowing the top-selling products, support the range changes, prepare the readiness of your area, contributes to the department’s action plan as well with in-store activities, and you have an active interest in our local competition and provide relevant input to your manager regarding range and pricing;
• You comply with and follow internal rules, policies, and daily operational routines set by the management;
• You execute IKEA store operations and do your part to make sure that our operations are in line with the Functional Commercial Review standards.

About the job

Reporting to the Swedish Food and Bistro Manager, this TEAM LEAD role is responsible for the development of the IKEA business in his/her respective area of responsibility: Swedish Food Markert, Bistro, Cafe and Bites. He/she strives to make people smile while providing irresistible food offers in a welcoming atmosphere that gives the customers a good reason to return again.

You will lead and manage the IKEA Food function in the store to fulfill the following:

• You always look at the store through the eyes of your customers and walk the store regularly. You have a daily dialogue with our customers to get continuous feedback about their experiences and to learn more about their needs and wants and then take action based on their input;
• You have an overview of the store business plan and IKEA Food action plans, and you contribute to your area’s action plan by supporting your manager in implementing it with the team;
• You work with your manager to actively contribute and support relevant marketing and in-store activities;
• You ensure your area is efficiently maintained as well as clean, organized, attractive and inviting to provide a positive customer experience;
• You work actively to create an environment where the IKEA culture is a strong and living reality, and diversity is valued, to ensure IKEA Food is regarded as a great place to work.
• Act in accordance with the IKEA Sustainability Direction, and take actions that contribute to sustainability, such as waste management and investments;

About the job

Reporting to the Kitchen Production Manager, this Associate role is responsible for attracting visitors to the stores by encouraging IKEA store visitors to stay longer and enjoy more. He/She strives towards making people smile and build trust for the IKEA store among customers, co-workers, and suppliers. He/She also provides irresistible food offers in a welcoming atmosphere that gives our customers a good reason to return.

Your assignment

• You ensure that our customers are always in focus and strive to make them smile by supporting them with an attitude based on the IKEA values;
• You are a good ambassador for the IKEA store in all contact with our customers and gives them a good reason to return again and again;
• You are passionate about our products and actively learn about their content, origins, and other benefits and you are willing to share this knowledge with your customers and colleagues;
• You ensure that you work to optimize sales by knowing the top-selling products, support the range changes, prepare the readiness of your area, contributes to the department’s action plan as well with in-store activities, and you have an active interest in our local competition and provide relevant input to your manager regarding range and pricing;
• You comply with and follow internal rules, policies, and daily operational routines set by the management;
• You execute IKEA store operations and do your part to make sure that our operations are in line with the Functional Commercial Review standards.

  About the job

  Reporting to the Kitchen Production Manager, this Associate role is responsible for attracting visitors to the stores by encouraging IKEA store visitors to stay longer and enjoy more. He/She strives towards making people smile and build trust for the IKEA store among customers, co-workers, and suppliers. He/She also provides irresistible food offers in a welcoming atmosphere that gives our customers a good reason to return.

  Your assignment

• You ensure that our customers are always in focus and strive to make them smile by supporting them with an attitude based on the IKEA values;
• You are a good ambassador for the IKEA store in all contact with our customers and gives them a good reason to return again and again;
• You are passionate about our products and actively learn about their content, origins, and other benefits and you are willing to share this knowledge with your customers and colleagues;
• You ensure that you work to optimize sales by knowing the top-selling products, support the range changes, prepare the readiness of your area, contributes to the department’s action plan as well with in-store activities, and you have an active interest in our local competition and provide relevant input to your manager regarding range and pricing;
• You comply with and follow internal rules, policies, and daily operational routines set by the management;
• You execute IKEA store operations and do your part to make sure that our operations are in line with the Functional Commercial Review standards.

As part of the Payment and Service Operations function, the role is a client-facing support role. You will be expected to deliver best in class support to our client base by owning and managing client enquiries through to resolution.

• Provide excellent support to VPL’s growing client base (banking and corporates)
• Analyse, diagnose, investigate and resolve a variety of payment and service-related incidents and requests by working closely with other internal functions and partner banks
• Manage escalations from Strategic and Platinum Clients through to resolution, by analysing details and engaging the relevant business stakeholders
• Manage escalations of complex cases from colleagues, and provide any required training to bridge knowledge gaps
• Perform proactive analysis of Strategic and Platinum Client transactions and enquiries with a view to identifying service improvements
• Manage all incidents and requests in accordance with VPL’s policies, procedures, and contractual commitments
• Work proactively with clients and other internal functions to optimise the way they utilise VPL’s products and services, reduce exceptions or issues and prevent issues from reoccurring
• Provide feedback internally on how VPL’s service can be improved to reduce issues and exceptions or to improve the client experience
• Maintain constant communication with clients and keep the regularly informed of the status of outstanding case, in line with SLAs
• Communicate proactively wherever possible and ensure all written or verbal communication is of the highest standards and accurately recording in the case management system
• Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues, clients, and partners
• Act as a delegate for the Client Support Manager
• Take part in various projects to make improvements and drive operational efficiency

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Team Summary

Client Services (CS) provides industry-leading services to Visa’s clients around the world. With our deep knowledge and expertise, we are a key internal partner to Product, bringing the voice-of-the-customer into the design, development and successful deployment of Visa products and services.

Client Services is accountable for delivering a world class service experience to our clients that begins pre-sales and continues through onboarding, implementation of new products and services, issue resolution and optimizing for client success.  We operate in 50 locations across the globe and act as trusted partners to Visa’s clients, providing expertise to help our clients successfully grow their business.

What a Senior Director, Pasay lead, Asia Pacific Client Services does at Visa?

The Senior Director, Pasay lead, Asia Pacific Client Services is expected to provide strategic, functional, and technical leadership for all the cross functional delivery and operations for the AP Client Services teams that are based in our Pasay Market Support Centre. They will be accountable for supervising and growing a high-performing and cohesive team, aligned to the global Client Services strategy and to the Asia Pacific ambitions of Visa, by providing leadership to a team of people leaders and individual contributors. They should do this through coaching, setting strategic direction and applying working knowledge of Visa products, systems, and procedures. They are accountable for personifying the Visa leadership principles while providing guidance to direct reports, cross-functional staff, and senior management to proactively drive Client Success whilst ensuring effective resolution of high-priority issues with potentially significant financial implications.

In addition, a key tenet will be to develop and enhance success metrics for the team they lead to ensure Client satisfaction is not only measured, but is exceeded, using net promoter scores, survey results, OKRs, in person meetings, outreach calls, and other factors to determine accountability and proactive engagements by their team members. 

In this role, you are expected to:

• Lead courageously to manage and inspire the AP CS team members based in our Pasay Market Support Centre, some of whom dual report to other CS functions, requiring partnership and coordination with other CS Leads, ensuring the team delivers excellent client experience and optimizing our clients’ performance.

• Be a member of the AP CS Onboarding and Implementation Leadership Team, as well as a member of the Pasay site Leadership team.

• Day to day leadership of AP CS teams to provide world-class, differentiated service. Responsible for maintaining best in class employee engagement for over 60-100 team members, driving workplace wellbeing, talent development and a culture of inclusion and diversity.

• Lead and implement operational excellence and ongoing process optimization initiatives to drive incremental revenue and increase client satisfaction.

• Responsibility for annual operating plan and delivery of revenue as well as OKR growth goals.

• Provide strategic guidance to ensure all necessary tools, processes, procedures, documentation, and staffing are in place to support successful scalable solutions and deployments for AP clients.

• Foster a high performing culture within your team, develop talent from within as well as recruit talent that can inject new perspectives, skill sets and experience.

Why this is important to Visa?

This senior leadership role is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of and shape Visa’s Client Services evolution, by leading and developing a high-performing team to maximize client benefits realization and value from Visa products and solutions. The role is also accountable for ensuring high standards of training, quality monitoring, workforce management and overall operational support, so that service levels are met, and performance is compliant with local laws and Visa policies.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Team Summary:

The Client Services Team provides industry-leading operational support to Visa’s clients around the world. With our deep knowledge and expertise, we bring the voice of the customer into the design, development and successful deployment of Visa products and services. We are trusted partners to Visa’s clients, providing expertise to support and successfully grow their business.

The Client Testing team is part of Visa's Global Client Services group. We deliver quality services and solutions using best-in-class processes, methodologies, and technology with our worldwide workforce. We are an integral part of revenue-generating areas within the company. This team is dedicated to its customers and to building on past achievements. We are committed to leveraging innovative technology to enhance quality and to accelerate time-to-market. Visa has one of the most visible and most used comprehensive payment systems in the world.

What a Senior Software Test Engineer does at Visa:

This is an individual contributor role responsible for identifying and resolving issues of simple to moderate complexity. This position is at an intermediate professional level and requires strong execution and analytical abilities. This role works independently and receives minimal guidance only in the most complex situations. The role will analyze and troubleshoot user requirements, procedures and problems to automate or improve existing systems under broadly defined practices and procedures, including working with developers in analyzing and developing process improvements for system administration and environmental build functions.

In this role, you are expected to:

• Be responsible for programming, testing, implementation, documentation, maintenance and support of systems application software.
• Design, create, execute and report on functional tests against multiple applications.
• Research, create and evaluate technical solution alternatives for the business needs.
• Follow standards in development and testing to ensure compliance with Audit Requirements.
• Follow Quality Control processes according to the Industry Standard practices.
• Actively look for opportunities to enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
• Identify and document software defects in a clear manner and retest using corrected code to resolve the issue in a timely manner.
• Identify and troubleshoot system issues working with development as required.
• Design, document and track test cases in tracking system.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies.
• Work with business representatives, IT Management, IT development, support teams and vendors to ensure on time, on budget, and quality delivery of testing deliverables.
• Coordinate and collaborate with a globally distributed team.

Why this is important to Visa

The successful candidate will be part of a team that designs and develops test designs as well as cases for the Client Testing Organization. The individual will perform functional and automation testing for Visa Processing Services applications. The role holder will need detailed analytical skills and a good understanding of the test methodologies to be able to interface directly as well as make decisions with staff members of Client Testing, Product Management, Project Management, Client Implementations and Development.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office three days a week - Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

About the job

Create and constantly improve excellent goods availability with healthy stock structure, range management and accurate forecasting at the lowest possible cost. Synchronize with commercial needs and activities for the best goods availability, ensuring goods arrive timely for commercial execution.

Your assignment.

• Work with Sales and Supply Support Manager to support the commercial team.
• Act as the main contact partner in the store for all product administration and operational supply related questions for the store related department and Country Supply Availability team.
• Work proactively with the related department on the product change process, by providing information regarding expected sales starts, initial order quantity, and remaining quantities of phase out products.
• Maximise successful store replenishment by driving the actions of forecasting and ordering to ensure they are aligning with the commercial calendar and within the store capacity.
• Contribute to stock accuracy by supporting the Goods Flow Manager with the stock discrepancies analysis as part of the inventory management process.
• Produce necessary follow-ups for the commercial and management team regarding operational processes in the store, including forecast accuracy, phasing in and out, overstock and concrete, activities and non-central shortages.
• Work with the agreed global and local Key Performance Indicators (KPI), focusing particularly on achieving high goods availability at the lowest total cost.
• Work in compliance with the IKEA Code of Conduct, internal IKEA regulations and local legislation relating to health, safety & security and sustainability.

• Manage activities, requests for support and information, and operational issues for Visa’s Global clients and processors in a 24x7 support model. 
• Manage client inquiries using case management tool, email, and/or live chat support service. 
• Efficiently manage several case types such as but not limited to New, Pending, Follow-ups & Email activities.
• Collaborate and/or liaise with Visa internal groups to meet clients' needs aligned with the organization's Case Management procedure while delivering world class client experience.  
• Maintain conformity of documented process and procedures aligned to meet standard risk and compliance policies.
• Involve in identifying key process improvements and client training/retraining opportunities based on inquiry trends and any operational pain-points.
• Provide expanded support to drive improved learning thru training session and mentoring to new hires and peers.
• Participate in periodical meetings with regional counterparts to up-scale knowledge hand-off and sustain alignment between groups.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.